Handling Microsoft Office documents in Jive

Bring your Microsoft Office documents into the community for collaboration.

You can upload Microsoft Office documents to the community. With documents created from Office versions earlier than 2003 (on Windows) or 2008 (on Macintosh), you can comment on the uploaded document. With documents from later versions of Office, you can do more.

With documents created from Office version 2003, 2007, or 2010 (on Windows) or version 2008 (on Macintosh), you can:

View a preview of the uploaded document. (You can preview PDF files, too.)
Navigate through the document's pages.
See comments made inside the document.
Manage and sync the document with the community while working within Office (Windows only). For more on this Microsoft Office add-in, see Working with Shared Office Documents.

Uploading a file is a great way to include an externally-authored document or track its progress. For example, you can upload a document, then add collaborators so that it gets reviewed by other team members.

You can also attach files to other content, such as documents, discussion posts, and blog posts.

To upload a Microsoft Office or other file, click Create > Uploaded File, and then select the place where you want the document to live. In the new document, browse to the file you want to upload and select it.